[例1]The bell______the end of the period rang，______our heated discussion.
A.indicating；interrupting B.indicated；interrupting
C.indicating；interrupted D.indicated；interrupted
【解析】答案C。“鈴聲響了，標誌著這一段的結束，打斷了我們激烈的討論”，現在分詞作後置定語，修飾“bell”；“interrupted”是動詞作主句的謂語。
[例2]Apart from caring for her children，she has to take on such heavy______housework as carrying water and firewood.
A.time-consumed B.timely-consumed
C.time-consuming D.timely-consuming
【解析】答案C。“除了照看孩子們之外，她還要承擔如此繁重的諸如提水打柴的家務活”，“time-consuming”意為“耗時間的，需要花費時間、精力等的”，名詞+加動名詞結構。
[例3]John often attends public lectures at the University of Oxford，chiefly______his English.
A.to improve B.to have improved
C.improving D.improved
【解析】答案C。現在分詞作目的狀語，故用improving。
[例4]______for many years，the writer suddenly became famous.
A.Having ignored him B.To be ignored
C.To have been ignored D.Having been ignored
【解析】答案D。“被忽視了這麽多年，這位作家突然就變得有名氣了”。
[例5]After the Arab states won independence，great emphasis was laid on expanding education，with girls as well as boys______to go to school.
A.to be encouraged B.being encouraged
C.been encouraged D.be encouraged
【解析】答案B。“with+現在分詞being encouraged”作伴隨狀語，“阿拉伯國家獨立後大力擴展教育，鼓勵不管男孩還是女孩都去上學”。
[例6]After______for the job，you will be required to take a language test.
A.being interviewed B.interviewed
C.interviewing D.having interviewed
【解析】答案A。連詞after加被動形式現在分詞作時間狀語，“參加過這份工作麵試後，你還需要參加一次語言考試”。